Calif. Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau To Skip Mid-Year Rate Filing April 7, 2011 By Patricia-Anne Tom California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau governing board has decided not to make a mid-year pure premium rate filing suggesting...
Calif. Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Could Recommend 40% Rate Increase April 6, 2011 The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is discussing a pure premium rate increase of up to 40 percent...
Texas Sees Rise in Workers’ Comp Medical Cost per Claim April 6, 2011 Medical costs per claim in Texas rose 8 percent in 2008, after a period of declining costs following reforms enacted...
Feds Probe Illinois Public Agencies’ Workers’ Compensation Payouts April 5, 2011 By John O'Connor Two federal prosecutors are investigating possible workers’ compensation abuses at Illinois government agencies after disclosures of millions of dollars in...
Starr Aviation Develops Workers’ Compensation Small Business Unit April 5, 2011 Starr Aviation Agency, Inc., a member of Starr Cos., has developed a Small Business Unit within their Workers’ Compensation division....
Calif. State Fund Reports Net Income of $171 Million April 1, 2011 California State Compensation Insurance Fund has announced that it ended 2010 with $1.1 billion in new premium earned, and $171...
Missouri Bills Address Employee Liability in Workers’ Comp April 1, 2011 Missouri legislators are considering two workers’ compensation bills to address whether an employee is liable when an employee is injured...
Montana Workers’ Comp Claims Decrease 5% April 1, 2011 Montana workers’ compensation claims have decreased by more than 5 percent in the past year, state Insurance Commissioner Monica J....
Massachusetts Ex-Prison Worker Gets Probation for Workers’ Comp Fraud April 1, 2011 A former Massachusetts prisons worker has been sentenced to five years of probation for defrauding the state by running long-distance...
Texas Sets Workers’ Comp Discount, Interest Rate for Q2 at 3.74% April 1, 2011 The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation has determined that the workers’ compensation discount and interest rate for...